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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 30. Thinking about the time when you were 16 years old, compared with American families in general then, would you say your family income was far below average, below average, average, above average, or far above average?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

yearabove averageaveragebelow averagedon't knowfar above averagefar below averagelived in institutionno answeriapskipped on webTotal
1972166906388152011125--1613
197319285731315229285--1504
1974193784367825104-3--1484
1975196783370720106-8--1490
19761887634031421106-4--1499
19772037893691327126-3--1530
19781828293611322123-2--1532
19802307513391119116-2--1468
19822339484401838179-4--1860
19832538263541725120-4--1599
198420577334676127-9--1473
19852417773581234106-6--1534
19862457383291531109-3--1470
19872568804541344164-8--1819
19882297473491423114-5--1481
19892167983501323134-3--1537
19902166513421222126-3--1372
19912527363481529127-10--1517
19932527953931234116-4--1606
19942437983171626120-21470-2992
1996--------2904-2904
1998--------2832-2832
2000--------2817-2817
20023459334322136151-3844-2765
200437711516373558237-5312-2812
200647513037544349321-471518-4510
20083309075063144203-2--2023
20103538435503451206-7--2044
20123048755233847181-6--1974
201440311186563056271-4--2538
201650111467945358303-12--2867
20183719956413850245-8--2348
20216791625101311988421--71164032
202254015439364088369-13873544
Total906928368147327421136533410200127762372390

Values

  • 1 far below average

  • 2 below average

  • 3 average

  • 4 above average

  • 5 far above average

  • 7 lived in institution

  • NA(d) don't know

  • NA(i) iap

  • NA(j) I don't have a job

  • NA(m) dk, na, iap

  • NA(n) no answer

  • NA(p) not imputable

  • NA(q) not imputable

  • NA(r) refused

  • NA(s) skipped on web

  • NA(u) uncodeable

  • NA(x) not available in this release

  • NA(y) not available in this year

  • NA(z) see codebook